The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
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Page xxii
Moreover , animals whose feet are divided into more than two parts are unclean ;
so that the number of their toes , as three , four , or five , is an entire rejection of
them , whatever other quality they may possess . “ Such appears to be the ...
Moreover , animals whose feet are divided into more than two parts are unclean ;
so that the number of their toes , as three , four , or five , is an entire rejection of
them , whatever other quality they may possess . “ Such appears to be the ...
Page xxiii
Though the outward pearance of the hog's feet be like that of a cloven footed
animal , yet , internally , they have the same number of bones and joints as
animals which have fingers and toes ; so that the arrangement of its feet bones is
into first ...
Though the outward pearance of the hog's feet be like that of a cloven footed
animal , yet , internally , they have the same number of bones and joints as
animals which have fingers and toes ; so that the arrangement of its feet bones is
into first ...
Page 3
They , hearing his music , came all crawling to his feet , and began to climb up
him , till he gave over playing , then away they ran . ” Shaw , Bruce , and indeed
all travellers who have been in the Levant , speak of the charming of serpents as
a ...
They , hearing his music , came all crawling to his feet , and began to climb up
him , till he gave over playing , then away they ran . ” Shaw , Bruce , and indeed
all travellers who have been in the Levant , speak of the charming of serpents as
a ...
Page 31
According to Mr. Bruce , from whom I shall principally extract this article , the
balessan , balsam , or balm , is an evergreen shrub , or tree , which grows to
about fourteen feet high , spontaneously , and without culture in its native country
, Azab ...
According to Mr. Bruce , from whom I shall principally extract this article , the
balessan , balsam , or balm , is an evergreen shrub , or tree , which grows to
about fourteen feet high , spontaneously , and without culture in its native country
, Azab ...
Page 44
The male has been found seventeen feet in length , fifteen in circumference , and
seven in height . The head is enormously large , and the jaws extend upwards
two feet , and are armed with four cutting teeth , each of which is twelve inches in
...
The male has been found seventeen feet in length , fifteen in circumference , and
seven in height . The head is enormously large , and the jaws extend upwards
two feet , and are armed with four cutting teeth , each of which is twelve inches in
...
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| Title | The Natural History of the Bible ; Or, A Description of All the Quadrupeds, Birds, Fishes, Reptiles, and Insects, Trees, Plants, Flowers, Gums, and Precious Stones, Mentioned in the Sacred Scriptures: Collected from the Best Authorities, and Alphabetically Arranged |
| Author | Thaddeus Mason Harris |
| Contributor | Chiswick Press |
| Publisher | T. Teggy, 1824 |
| Original from | Montserrat Abbey Library |
| Digitized | 21 Mar 2011 |
| Length | 430 pages |
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